Report to Congress
Subtitle: studies of urban-rural and related geographical adjustments in the Medicare prospective payment system
By: Otis R. Bowen, M.D., Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
Contributors: Bobula, Joel; Cotterill, Philip; Thomas, Fred; Cromwell, Jerry; Hendricks, Ann M., 1947-; Pope, Gregory (Gregory C.); United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Secretary; United States. Health Care Financing Administration. Office of Research. Division of Reimbursement and Economic Studies; Health Economics Research, inc
Publisher: Department of Health and Human Services
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.?]
Language: eng
Subjects: Costs; Medicare; Rural hospitals; Prospective payment; Hospitals; Regional disparities; Urban hospitals
Other titles: Studies of urban-rural and related geographical adjustments in the Medicare prospective payment system.
Notes: "The Project Director for this report was Philip Cotterill, Ph.D., Economist and Chife of the Long Term and Special Studies Branch, Division of Reimbursement and Economic Studies, Office of Research, Health Care Financing Administration. Joel Bobula, an Economist with the Division of Reimbursement and Economic Studies, Office of Research was Principal Investigator, and was the primary author of the report. Other contributing authors were: Philip Cotterill, Ph.D. ... ; Fred Thomas, Economist, Division of Reimbursement and Economic Studies; Jerry Cromwell, Ph.D., President, Health Economics Research, Inc.; Ann Hendricks, Ph.D., Economist, Health Economics Research, Inc.; and Gregory Pope, Economist, Health Economics Research, Inc."--Acknowledgments.

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